Saturday was mostly sunny during the afternoon and we saw high temperatures reach into the upper 30s to low 40s. It was a gorgeous spring day.

Now, we will head into a week or two of potential snow, likely more clouds, and cooler temperatures.

Sunday will be partly to mostly cloudy and we’ll see a few showers throughout the day. With warm temperatures during the day, the snow/rain line could be right around the base elevation, so we might see raindrops at the base and snowflakes for the rest of the mountain.

Sunday night will be our best chance for accumulating snowfall, and I am not going to change my thinking about the forecast. Since the storm will bring randomly-placed showers rather than steady snow, our snow accumulation could be anything from a dusting if the showers mostly miss the mountain, to 5+ inches if some of these showers happen to track directly over the mountain. With cooling temperatures overnight, snowflakes should make it down to the elevation of the base area.

Monday morning will be our best chance to enjoy whatever fresh snow falls on Sunday night. Let’s keep our snowfall expectations to just a few inches knowing that we could still be underwhelmed or surprised on the high side thanks to the random placement of the showers. Most of the showers should end by Monday morning so Monday itself will likely be dry with a mix of clouds and some sunshine.

Tuesday might bring more showers. We will be between a storm to the north and a storm to the south, and while this doesn’t sound like a recipe for snow, enough factors should combine to create showers and maybe accumulating snowfall.

Wednesday should start dry, and then another round of showers should bring snow from Wednesday night into Thursday. Like the previous storms, I’ll keep my expectations low due to the random nature of the showers, and there’s always a chance to get lucky and see stronger cells move over the mountain.

A fourth storm will move through Colorado from Friday through Saturday. This system is currently projected to track a little too far to the south to bring us high odds of significant snow, but if the storm moves a little farther north, then we could see more accumulation.

Looking ahead to next week, it’s likely that we will see at least one colder and stronger storm. Since all of the major forecast models disagree about the timing and track of this storm, I’ll leave you with a non-specific forecast and we’ll do our snow dance and hope that all factors come together to bring us a fun, colder powder day.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Contact me: [email protected]

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 4” from Sunday to Monday (Mar 1-2)

Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 148 of 149 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 126%